Please see our Calendar and Gallery pages for current exhibitions and SAAL&M sponsored activities in the San Antonio Area.

• Artist of the Year
• Annual San Antonio Artists Exhibition - Onderdonk Prize
• Ethel T. Drought Founders Award
• Holiday Party  

Since 1945, the San Antonio Art League Museum has recognized an artist as artist of the Year. The artist is honored with a retrospective exhibition and an accompanying catalogue.

 SAN ANTONIO ART LEAGUE & MUSEUM 2012 ARTIST OF THE YEAR Brian St. John

click here for past artists of the year

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Each year the San Antonio Art League Museum sponsors this Exhibition. The annual San Antonio Artists Exhibition grew out of the fabled Edgar B. Davis Competitions of the late 1920s. Although not as spectacular in scope as the Davis Exhibitions of 1927, 1928, and 1929, the Annual San Antonio Artists Competitions are juried events and the purchase prizes will add to the permanent collection of the San Antonio Art League Museum (SAAL&M).

The major difference between the shows of then and now is that the national competitions of the Davis era were changed to an eligibility of entrance from within a 60 miles radius of San Antonio to better reflect the mission of SAAL&M to "exhibit and promote local, regional and Texas art." It provides an opportunity for artists of all media, young or old, experienced or beginners, to be judged by a juror of repute for acceptance in the exhibition and to compete for awards and purchase prizes. click here for details on past exhibitions

Sponsored by
The San Antonio Art League and Museum
130 King William Street
San Antonio, Texas 78204
210-223-1140
email: saalm@att.net

For questions and prospectus please call or email to the above.

Exhibition Date

April 15th to May 26th, 2012 - Opening Reception on April 15th, 2012 from 3 to 5pm.

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Judge

Peter Trippi - Editor, Fine Art Connoisseur

Peter Trippi is editor of Fine Art Connoisseur, the bimonthly magazine that serves collectors of historical and contemporary representational painting, sculpture, drawings, and prints.

 He is also president of Projects in 19^th-Century Art, Inc., the firm he established in 2006 to pursue a range of research, writing, and curating opportunities.

 Trippi holds a MA from New York University in Visual Arts Administration, as well as a MA in Art History from the Courtauld Institute of Art, London.

 As director of New York’s Dahesh Museum of Art (2003-2006), Trippi guided its renovation of the former IBM Gallery and presentation of nine exhibitions of 19^th-century European art.  In 2002, Phaidon Press (London) published Trippi’s 250-page monograph J W Waterhouse, which reassesses the Victorian painter and Royal Academician best known for his Lady of Shalott at Tate Britain.  Trippi went on to guest-curate the Waterhouse retrospective that appeared 2008-2010 at the Groninger Museum (Netherlands), London’s Royal Academy of Arts, and the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.

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Awards and Purchase Prizes

Approximately  $10,000.00 will be awarded.

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Eligibility

• Artists with established current residence within 60 miles radius of San Antonio, including armed forces personnel stationed in the area.
• Non-resident members of the Art League for three years or more.
• Entrants must be 18 years or older.

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Specification and Media 

To be considered by the judge, entries must be:

• Original.  Student work completed under instruction or in direct association with a class is not acceptable.
• Completed since January 1, 2010
• Suitable framed and wired for display.
• Painting may not exceed 50 inches width or 72 inches in height, including frame.  Three dimensional works may not exceed 72 inches x 50" x 30"may not weigh more than 150 pounds. (Indoor)
• Identification Card must be attached to upper left corner of the back of framed entries or underside of object.
• No suspended or hanging sculpture.
• Physical properties of work must be stable.
• Paint must be dry.
• SAAL&M reserves the right to restrict entries, if necessary in the interest of safety and ability to handle due to weight or size.
• A maximum of three entries may be submitted.
• Computer enhanced photograph will be considered and must be designated as such.
• Outdoor (Yard) Sculptures may be entered with picture of sculpture and dimension
• All works that are exhibited are made available for purchase with the exception of the Onderdonk Prize.  The Artists will received 60% or the sale and 40% is retained by SAAL&M.

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Entry Fees, Forms, Dates

• An entry fee of $10.00 per entry is required of each non-Art League member.
  
  
• Members may submit one entry free. Second and third entries at a fee of $10.00 each. Fees must accompany Entry Form, is non-refundable and are used to defray exhibition costs.
  
  
• Only Artists within 60 miles radius from San Antonio are eligible unless the Artist is a member of San Antonio Art League and Museum.
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• All work must be delivered for judging to San Antonio Art League Gallery, 130 King William Street, on February 24th and 25th, 2012.
  
  
• The works will be juried and either accepted or declined  for the Exhibition on February 26th, 2012
  
  
• Not accepted  ENTRIES MUST be picked up on March 3rd 2012, 10am to 2pm & March 4rh, 2012 , 1  to 4pm, 2011.  The San Antonio Art League will not assume responsibility for entries not picked up by this time.
  
  
• Accepted entries will hang in the Exhibition until the end of the exhibition. Exhibited work must be picked up that are not sold on May 27th , 28th and 29th, 2012, at SAAL&M.

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Liability:

 SAAL&M will not be responsible for loss or damage to any work of art submitted, and all works are submitted and received subject to this condition.  All possible care will be used in handling entries.

Submission of work constitutes an agreement to all conditions of the prospectus.

Ethel T. Drought Founders Award for outstanding contribution to the Arts shall be awarded to an art patron at the May Awards and Installation Luncheon.

Previous recipients are:

2001 - Dorothy and Charles Katz 2002 - Edith McAllister 2003 - Walter Nold Mathis 2004 - Margaret Pace Willson and Linda Pace 2005 - Betty Lou and Larry Sheerin 2006 - Libba Barnes 2007 - Chris Hill 2008 - Marie and Hugh Halff 2009 - Dr. Ricardo & Harriett D. Romo 2010 - Ann Griffith Ash 2011 - Babs Baugh 2012 - Jane and Thomas Drought

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